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How the sparrow changed its tune

July 9, 2020
News
Most bird species are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried-and-true songs to defend territories and attract females. Now, with the help of citizen scientists, researchers have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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Your dog may be older than you think

July 8, 2020
News
If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in ‘human years’....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Genetics
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Scientists and policy experts raise COVID-19 and climate crises analogues

July 8, 2020
Insight
Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced policymakers to take action. Likewise, climate and environmental scientists...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Health, Medical/Health, Policy
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Fighting E. coli with E. coli

July 7, 2020
News
According to findings from a new gut-in-a-dish study published in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may protect the gut from enterohemorrhagic E....
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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How we encode smell

July 6, 2020
News
Neuroscientists describe for the first time how relationships between different odours are encoded in the brain. The findings suggest a mechanism that may explain why individuals have common but highly...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
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Monitoring COVID-19 plasma viscosity

July 3, 2020
News
A clinical viscosity diagnostic instrument is proving to be valuable in the research and treatment of coronavirus after laboratory scientists have identified its ability to provide meaningful data for medical...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology
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The human brain built by AI: A transatlantic collaboration

July 2, 2020
Feature
The new German-Canadian lab, HIBALL, aims to create a microscopic 3D map of functional neuroanatomy at the cellular level with the help of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence. The lab...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, In Depth, Neuroscience
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Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

July 2, 2020
News
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Particle Physics, Physics
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New method reveals how Parkinson’s protein damages cell membranes

July 2, 2020
News
In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the ‘Parkinson’s protein’, are found in the brain. These destroy cell membranes, eventually resulting in cell death. Now,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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More gain, less pain with liquid biopsies

June 26, 2020
Feature
Following on from a previous article; Liquid Gold, published on 21 January 2019, Dermot Martin revisits the topic of liquid biopsies in the post pandemic era in the light of...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, In Depth, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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